>> The point I'm trying to make is you don't even have to be convicted of a crime to lose
your job in this constitutional republic.
That's Senator Lindsey Graham back in the 1990s, talking about impeachment in regard
to Bill Clinton, obviously a Democrat.
Now that Lindsey Graham is very different today as a sycophant for Donald Trump.
But I want to give you some more context into what Lindsey Graham said back in the day,
so let's take a look.
>> The point I'm trying to make is you don't even have to be convicted of a crime to lose
your job in this constitutional republic.
If this body determines that your conduct as a public official is clearly out of bounds
in your role.
Because impeachment is not about punishment.
Impeachment is about cleansing the office.
Impeachment is about restoring honor and integrity to the office.
>> Cleansing the office, restoring honor and integrity.
What happened Lindsey?
Well, you know what?
We actually have an answer because he was confronted about it.
But before we get to that, Jake, thoughts?
>> No, no, I just love every part of that.
Look, guys, this is why people hate politicians.
And you never hear people on TV saying because they're all friends with politicians.
And the reporters at New York Times, etc.
They need access and it's not their job to be fair to them to say this.
Although you could point out an article that according to polling, Americans hate politicians,
it's because of guys like Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell.
And so, Lindsey Graham when he's a Democrat, I don't even need a crime.
I don't like him, I find him dishonorable.
So I was gonna impeach him for something that is perfectly consensual, because I didn't
like it.
I don't need any standards for impeachment.
Trump, he committed crime, after crime, after crime.
I know but I'm trying to convince him to invade Iran.
So honor I don't need that.
Integrity?
Okay, I don't even care that he committed crimes.
I mean this hypocrisy, it's so obvious.
It's so obvious.
>> It's so good and it's so delicious.
I love pointing this kind of stuff out.
Now there obviously, the topic of impeachment has come up several times before.
This is the first time Democrats have finally decided to pursue a formal impeachment inquiry.
But back in 2018, when the topic of impeachment came up again, there was an interview that
Vice did with Lindsey Graham, and they confronted him about his previous statements.
Let's take a listen to what he had to say.
>> There's some comments you made back in 1999 that are back in the news today for some
reason.
Don't you think those words apply today?
>> I think they always apply and finally, somebody is listening.
It took twenty years for somebody to figure out what I said in 1998.
So welcome to the dance.
Here's the deal, if Mueller finds some evidence of Trump colluding with the Russians where
he knew or should've known, that would be probably be it for me.
Other stuff, not so much.
>> But you said in 1999 that the President doesn't even have to commit a crime, he even
wagged his finger.
>> Doesn't have to commit a crime, we want to restore honor and integrity.
That's what we wanna do, honor and integrity.
Doesn't even have to commit a crime.
>> Yeah, well now.
>> Come on.
>> But you just saw him say on tape there is no evidence of him colluding with the Russians,
then that would, you know, that presumably would get him an impeachment.
Well congrats, it's not the Russians, it's Ukraine.
It's very clear, and Donald Trump has admitted it.
He colluded with Ukraine to get dirt on his political opponent, Joe Biden.
Period.
You don't need quid pro quo.
And Lindsey Graham didn't mention quid pro quo there.
He didn't say okay if this or that.
No, it's just if you collude with a foreign government on interfering in our elections.
That's exactly what Trump did in the case of Ukraine and the favor he asked to target
Joe Biden.
So even on by Lindsey Graham's shifting standards, he should still go for impeachment.
But on the other hand, I'm a politician, and I'm a slime ball, and I can't wait to invade
Iran because I love wars.
Where's my check, military-industrial complex?
Raytheon, I'm here for you, don't worry.
>> Shifty Lindsey, all right, so- >> Just so you guys really visualize the changing
perspectives of Lindsey Graham, depending on who's president at the time, let's take
a look at Graham then versus now.
>> If you determine that he committed the crime of perjury, and you determine that he
committed the crime of obstruction of justice, based on the president of the senate, I think
you'd have a hard time saying, under the situation in this case, that that's not a hard crime.
He doesn't have to say go lie for me to be a crime.
You don't have to say let's obstruct justice for it to be a crime.
You judge people in their conduct, not magic phrases.
To impeach any president over a phone call like this would be insane.
>> But you know, Lindsey Graham's not alone.
There are others including Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell.
Before I move into him, did you wanna add anything else?
>> I'm just going through old tweets of Lindsey Graham, not about Bill Clinton but about Donald
Trump during the primary.
If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed and we will deserve it.
Last night, if you're looking for competency, Donald Trump fell short.
And then I got this great one about Putin, he says just when you think it can't get worse,
a leading American candidate for president praising Putin.
So back when he was running against Donald Trump, you don't have to go back to the 1990s.
He's like even praising Putin was of deep concern to Lindsey Graham.
Now, he's like, yeah.
Well, I mean, if he's working with Putin, that's great.
When do we invade?
Let's bomb, I'll take Venezuela.
It doesn't have to be Iran, I'll take North Korea, as long as we start a war.
World's biggest hypocrite.
>> Honor and integrity.
Now Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell also had some strong statements in regard
to impeachment today versus impeachment back in the 1990s.
So let's focus on what McConnell has been saying about impeachment today.
It's laughable to think this is any where close to an impeachable offense.
If this is the launching point for House Democrats' impeachment process, they've already overplayed
their hand.
Also the Kentucky Republican made no mention of the transcript or impeachment inquiry on
his social media accounts, while his office also stayed silent, having only issued a press
release on the matter the day before the White House's record records were released.
Now when it comes to Bill Clinton and the impeachment process back in the 1990s, things
were very different for Mitch McConnell.
According to Newsweek, in a transcript of McConnell's comments in a February 12th 1999
closed-door Clinton impeachment hearing, the GOP senator condemned Clinton for having chosen
a path of lies and lawlessness in a desperate bid to stay in office.
In fact he's quoted as saying time after time, the President had the opportunity to choose
the noble and honorable path.
Time after time, he chose the path of lies and lawlessness, for the simple reasons that
he did not want to endanger his hold on public office.
The president would seek to win at any cost.
It sounds a lot like Donald Trump.
If it meant lying to the American people.
If it meant lying to his cabinet.
The name of the game was winning.
Winning at any cost.
>> Washington Post fact checkers say that on as of August 5, so we're now way past that,
Donald Trump had told 2019 falsehoods or misleading claims.
So Mitch McConnell, who pretended to care well, I mean, look, there's no law-breaking
or anything by Bill Clinton, but my god, he told a lie.
He once told a lie about a consensual affair.
I am so moved by that, I have to impeach, I don't have a choice.
Donald Trump has told 12,000 lies while in office.
Well golly, gee you know, I don't think lies make really much of a difference at all.
I know what they hang in their hat on.
Well look, you know, Bill Clinton we dragged in in front of a grand jury, in front of a
procedure your hand to swear and so was sworn testimony, etc.
Donald Trump refused to cooperate with prosecutors, so he never had to do that, right?
>> Right, he was never under oath, yeah.
>> Yeah, so if that's the ream you want to hang all of your things on, God bless, go
forward.
But every American knows, look, was Bill Clinton always honest?
No, of course not.
One lie he told about Monica Lewinsky.
You think that was his only lie?
No, he told many, many lies.
But if you're talking about being concerned and impeaching people based on lies, even
the MAGA guys know, Donald Trump has told way more lies than any politician ever.
Right?
Can see that but they know he's told more lies than Bill Clinton.
And they know he lies on a regular basis.
So Mitch McConnell with the my God, whenever it's a Democrat, they always give the vapors.
>> Always.
>> Right, they're like, I do declare, this is outrageous.
>> Remember the constant panic over Obama's executive orders?
>> Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Now they're like no, of course you have to use executive orders.
Well, obviously how else would you run the government?
Okay, so now I'm going to give you one last one from Lindsey Graham.
This is now after he got beaten in the primaries, now he is trying to befriend Donald Trump.
So there is Lindsey Graham, who was like, hey, Bill Clinton should be impeached on anything.
I don't know, he walked on the wrong side of the road, right?
Now he is like, no, you shouldn't do impeachment even if there's crimes.
Okay, then there is Lindsey Graham who hated Donald Trump.
Then there is Lindsey Graham, who is now kissing his ass, right?
So he goes to play golf with Donald Trump.
This is now in the ass kissing period, right?
So somebody asked him how did you do against Donald Trump?
Now remember, by the way, Trump also cheats in golf.
So golf magazine covered that way before he was president.
He'll constantly just pick up balls and throw them.
He was picking a ball that wasn't even on the green like that's obviously it.
Anybody who knows Trump knows, and they'll say well, look, I like the guy, he's fun.
But is he lying?
Of course, he lies all the time, he cheats all the time.
Anyway, so Lindsey Graham says about the golf adding, how bad did he beat me?
I did better in the presidential race than today on the golf course.
>> My God.
>> Great fun, great host.
>> My God.
>> That's so sad.
>> I have to say, look, there are just countless downsides to this Trump presidency.
But you gotta take your wins where you can get them, and one of the wins is how Donald
Trump very effectively unmans these Republicans, especially the Warhawks.
>> Yeah, you know that Donald Trump doxxed Lindsey Graham.
Literally put out his phone number here and everybody started calling him with death threats,
the Trump supporters.
>> Beta.
>> So he had to get a new phone.
After one of the meetings, after the meetings in the White House, Lindsey Graham said how
good did it go?
Well, I gave him my new phone number.
>> My god.
>> That's so sad, that's wonderfully sad.
Look, Mitch McConnell's the heart of darkness and the worst politician in the country.
I would say, including Donald Trump, because he keeps corruption going.
Trump is an idiot, he's into personal corruption.
Mitch McConnell built the machine of corruption, systemic corruption, where the donors buy
off all of our politicians.
But when it comes to sniveling politicians, I think Lindsay Graham even has McConnell
and Ted Cruz beaten.
>> Yeah, definitely.
I totally agree.
>> He is the snivellingest of them all.